A Popular Theory About Taylor Swift's Next Song Just Got Debunked

With Reputation less than a month away, Taylor Swift fans are freaking out. Actually, they've been freaking out for a while—decoding Swift's new songs, music videos, and social media moves like detectives. Swifties take every action their queen makes as some kind of indication of music to come—which is why they had a full-on conniption about a commercial she filmed for UPS last month. The stuttery, electronic music playing in the background of it, when slowed down, sounds like a new single from Swift called "Rip Off the Page." The person singing the track sounds a lot like Swift, and it fits the current EDM aesthetic she's going for. Fans were convinced Swift sneakily embedded this song into the commercial just for them to decode.

But this isn't true. A person on Reddit did a little digging and discovered the music in the UPS commercial is actually just generic instrumentation. They pointed to a Facebook video, which uses the exact same music, as evidence. Check it out for yourself, below:

Before you get disappointed, though, another Reddit user suggested it's possible this video ripped this music from Swift's UPS video. "She thinks about every detail, and I doubt that as a singer she'd have someone else's song in the background of a commercial she's a huge part of," they wrote.

However, this is unlikely, because the music actually dates back to 2009—from a video called "Scratch Massive - Ghost in the Subway." Listen to it, below. You'll hear the similarities.

Sorry, Swifties, it looks like y'all got this wrong. But there's a silver lining: This means Swift's new single is still a mystery. It could be anything, and half the fun of being a fan is wondering what your fave will do next.